Dne 23/12/2015 v 19:31 Robert Green napsal(a):

How about "KAPUTNIK"? Which I first heard in the Coen Brothers' "
Miller's Crossing" - do you know its meaning?

I do not think it has Slavic origin.
It is probably related to kaput .

http://etymonline.com/index.php?allo...0&search=kaput

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Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.